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Contingent factors that helped and allowed for collusion. One of the most obvious factors facilitating the lysine collusion was the number of the companies operating on this market. As we already told there were only 5 major players on lysine market. The small number of firms allowed them to negotiate and reach to an agreement much easier than if it would be a competitive market with many firms. Furthermore it was easier to coordinate their activities and to adjust their strategies according to…

The article Oak Island's Mysterious Money Pit appeared in the January 1965 Readers Digest pages 136 through 140 condensed from The Rotarian. This interesting article about the mysterious treasure hunt carried out in the island of Oak since 1795 was written by David MacDonald. Oak Island is a 57-hectare island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Oak Island is noted as the location of the so-called Money Pit and the site of over 200 years of treasure hunting.…

shareholders' capital. As long as it is not negative ROE, it should be seen as a good investment. Because there is a Return on Equity. SWOT ANALYSIS: Strengths, What Ford Motor's does well is that they pay their bills faster than the industry average. Their stock price has been consistent but has lowered since 2016. The company can also say that they have been around for a long time, so are reliable and have a long track record. Weaknesses, I would say that the company is placed at a…

1.6 – ISS – Barueri Barueri has adopted a policy of imposing a 2% service tax on the majority of services. The 2% rate applies to every service within the 15-service group for banking and financial related services or seviços relacionados ao setor bancário ou financeiro with the examples below. Description Service Code Tax Rate Banking and financial services 15.00.01.2.1-8 2.00% Administration of mutual funds 15.01.01.2.1-7 2.00% Administration of any type of funds 15.01.02.2.1-6 2.00%…

Assignment 2 Please read chapters 3&4 and answer the following questions: Chapter 3 Questions 1-) (Tax Rates) Suppose taxes are related to income level as follows: Income Tax $1,000 $200 $2,000 $350 $3,000 $450 a. What percent of income is paid in taxes at each level? The person with $1,000 income will pay 20% in taxes (200/1000). The person with $2…

It explains the idea that a company chooses how much debt and how much equity finance it should use by balancing the costs and benefits. It basically entails offsetting the costs of debt against the benefits of the debt. The This theory of capital structure discusses the various corporate finance choices that a corporation can experience. Modigliani and Miller introduced the tax benefit of debt. Later it led to an optimal capital structure given by the trade-off theory. According to M& M, the…

judgment of whether the enterprise is a family business, not to see whether the enterprise with the family name, or whether there are several relatives in the top leadership of the enterprise, but to see whether there is a family owned, general who owns stocks and have many. This definition emphasizes the ownership of enterprises. Scholars Sun Zhiben will have the right to operate the enterprise as the essential characteristics of family business. He believes that the family enterprise rights as…

What would it be like if you had a watch that could tell you when you would die? Would you settle your personal affairs on order, if so at what price? Would you be tempted to buy products at a special discounted pricing that would bring negative outcome? In this thought-provoking book by Van Fleisher which depicts the current reality in the USA identifies what triggers within the society. Final Notice is a book that focuses on the tech advancements and the gun laws which currently operates…

Microsoft, Ballmer and Nokia. On the 8th of July 2015, Satya Nadella undid what is considered one of the biggest mistakes in Microsoft’s history; the acquisition of Nokia. The story starts a couple of years earlier when Steve Ballmer was CEO of Microsoft. Under his leadership, he steered the company in 2011 to negotiate with Nokia on a takeover bid, which was finalized in September of 2013. The Microsoft board fought against the deal but Ballmer (sometimes verbally abusing) disregarded their…

There were many reasons for the downfall of Enron, corporate governance being one of the main. The Corporate Governance Code issued by the Financial Reporting Council (2010) defines corporate governance as ‘the system by which companies are directed and controlled’. Boards of directors are responsible for the governance of their companies. The shareholders’ role in governance is to appoint the directors and the auditors and to satisfy themselves that an appropriate governance structure is in…